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One way to prevent homelessness.. is to make sure you are living within you means. For the most part; all of us are two paychecks from homelessness.

If I loose my job today, unemployment isn't going to help me pay my rent and my other basic needs. So I am including a listing of a social service link which lists affordable housing units.

http://www.socialserve.com/ten ant/AZ/index.html

Pls copy and paste to your search engine and click on your state.

For people in the New York City... (continue reading)

DHS guiding principle states that that all homeless individuals and families deserve safe, temporary shelter and that planning for permanent housing should begin immediately. The City provides shelter to families that have no permanent or temporary place to live.

Who Is Eligible
Where To Go
What To Bring, What Not To Bring
What To Expect

*Update*
The Section 8 and public housing priorities are no longer available in the family shelter system. A new rental assistance program, Advantage, is now... (continue reading)

The number of homeless families with children entering New York City shelters hit a record high last month, climbing more than 40 percent from the same period last year, according to figures released on Monday by the Department of Homeless Services.

The total number of homeless families living in the municipal shelter system at the end of last month also hit a record high of 9,720, the highest number since the city began reporting such data more than 25 years ago, according to the Coalition for... (continue reading)